Post-Secondary Indicators Project Update
December 2015
Developing Indicators
to Measure Success
Kick Off Event
October 2015
Objectives
It is my pleasure to report on
the Post-Secondary Education
Indicators Project introduced by
Advanced Education Minister
Scott Moe in May 2015. The
project focuses on credentialed
education and includes all
Saskatchewan
post-secondary institutions –
public, private and aboriginal.
Participants from across the
post-secondary education sector
met to discuss the project. The
feedback was positive and sector
partners endorsed the initiative.
Action has been taken on the
concerns identified:
The post-secondary indicators
will:
The indicators support
improvement in the
post-secondary education system
and highlight its successes and
contribution to Saskatchewan.
The Project represents strong
collaboration across the postsecondary sector, building on
work already underway.
Please accept my best wishes for
the holiday season and the new
year ahead.
Louise Greenberg
Deputy Minister of
Advanced Education
saskatchewan.ca
• Include the regional colleges
and the aboriginal institutions
on the Senior Management
Committee
• Identify project objectives and
how the data/information will
be used
• Focus on on-going
communication as required
• Incorporate a First Nations
and Métis perspective into the
indicators framework
• Ensure data integrity
• Investigate potential leading
indicators
• Monitor the impact on
financial and human
resources
• Increase the sector’s profile
and demonstrate its return on
investment
¾¾ Profile sector outcomes in
a public document
• Support consistent and
comparable sector-wide
reporting
¾¾ Report progress related to
government and Ministry
plans
• Provide quantitative
evidence to support decisionmaking, continuous sector
improvement and the
development of public policy
¾¾ Provide sector data to
inform policy and budget
decisions
• Allow for comparisons with
other jurisdictions within the
Saskatchewan context
The pilot phase involves
the Senior Management
Committee made up of the
universities, Sask Polytech, the
regional colleges and aboriginal
institutions. The universities and
Sask Polytech provide the majority
of credentialed education and have
greater capacity for participation.
The rest of the sector and
additional indicators will be
brought into the project in
stages.
Committees and Groups
Senior Management
Committee
Indicators Working
Group
The Senior Management
Committee oversees the pilot
project and development of
indicators. It provides direction
to the working groups and acts
on their recommendations.
Members liaise with their own
institution on matters pertinent
to the project.
The Indicators Working
Group develops and
recommends sector-wide data
definitions, collection and
reporting protocols and their
implementation. The Indicators
Working Group has focused on
comparable data definitions
and variables for credentials,
graduates, enrolment and tuition.
Members:
Chair - David Boehm, Advanced
Education
University of Regina - Brian Christie
Sask Polytech - Reg Urbanowski
University of Saskatchewan - John
Rigby
Aboriginal Institutions - Brett
Vandale, Dumont Technical
Institute; Kim Fraser-Saddleback,
SIIT
Regional Colleges - Shelley
Romanyszyn-Cross
Member - Linda Smith, Advanced
Education
Secretariat - Jan Gray, Kate
McGovern, Patrice Kelly
Advanced Education
saskatchewan.ca
Information Technology
Working Group
In collaboration with the
Indicators Working Group, the
Information Technology Working
Group makes recommendations
on the data management system,
based on its assessment of
various options to the Senior
Management Committee. The
Information Technology Working
Group has met once to develop
a work plan and will commence
regular meetings in
February 2016.
For more information or
to provide feedback
Jan Gray
jan.gray@gov.sk.ca
306-787-2638
Projected Timelines
2015-2020
Sept 2015 - Sept 2017
• Initial indicator
development and data
collection
• IT solution for collection
and reporting identified
• First public report
Sept 2016 - Sept 2019
• Number of indicators
increases annually
• Number of institutions
reporting and number
of indicators increase
annually
Sept 2020
• All institutions report on all
indicators